Use a Bridge or opposite hand........

[gregcantrall]

Okay one last favorite off handed story.
At The Mustard Seed 2 in Bellevue there was a player that could spot me the 8 ball playing 9 ball. He shot right handed but had a strong left handed game too.
When I was ready to test my left handed game, I asked him for a $5 game playing left handed. He response was, "that's too slow, if we are going to play left handed we gotta to play for 10." My immediate response was, "if we gotta play for 10 we gotta play for 20." He was feeling good because he had scored 220 at the horse races earlier that day. ....I got it All and found new confidence in my left handed game as well.
Uh oh yeah there was another player in Totem Lakes that could spot me a ball. He was left handed. We hooked up off handed and I busted him. At 10 a game he went empty at a hundred. Shrug. Okay I am done bragging, well for a while.

 

[Hail Mary Shot]

The now common use of extensions has apparently convinced some room operators that they no longer need to provide proper bridge equipment. New Diamond tables are seldom routinely fitted with side hanger hardware, and a flimsy pop-on plastic bridge attached to a singe house cue is often merely laid on the floor (under the table), and expected to service multiple tables. God forbid you might need to stack two bridges in order to make a really difficult shot when frozen to the pack. I’ll try most easy shots opposite-handed, but not jacked up like that.

I didn't mind using the ext Bridge when I was younger. Now, it annoys me of even using it.